Escaped eagle found safe and well

A bald eagle which escaped from a bird sanctuary during a display on Sunday has been found safe and well - and is gearing up to perform once more.

Fourteen-year-old Alaska has now escaped five times. This time, she turned up in the grounds of a hotel, 30 miles from her home in Kent.

Her owner Alan Aimes said: "This is the furthest she has ever gone."

He said she would be returning to her flying duties at Eagle Heights Bird Of Prey Centre in Dartford on Tuesday.

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"I am going to fit a much more powerful transmitter so I can track her. To travel 30 miles was quite a trek," he added.

Alaska has lived at the sanctuary since she was six months old. She has visited hundreds of schools in the south east over the years.